Ship In a Bottle

Have you ever felt like a ship,
 In bottle?
Chasing waves as they roll back,
 And forth?
A glass encased fortress that,
 Allows no escape.
Within these reflecting walls my,
 Vessel sails on ward.

Echoing chants that men have,
Song sense time Began.
Oh hear the music dance from,
 Stem to stern.
From every corner, rattling,
 The haul.
Set those sails, lock down,
 That mast!
A Gail is ah coming hear gulls,
 Sing beware.

But in this our glass prison,
 Calm shores.
Lend little relief yet much,
 Regret.
Oh god have mercy on sailors,
 Who live upon,
The mischievous sea.
For know mistress can beat,
 Her to save the,
Likes of me.

So here I remain inside my,
 Ship in a bottle.
Lights chambers imprisoned,
Victim casting rainbows.
Shadows against crystal shards,
Split silhouettes Illusions.
Forever roaming currants endless,
 Tides.
Putting life and limb at fates whim,
 Chasing foam and Spray,
The rays of the rising sun.

BY: CHERYL ANNA DUNN

adventureboatemotionsimageryimaginationfree verse

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Debbie Duncan

August 19, 2015 at 3:43 AM

I like this very much, great images :) Thank you for reading my Careful poem :)

Poet Destroyer A

June 8, 2015 at 10:19 PM

This is very diffrent by you, dearest friend. I love it, to feel, to be, a ship in a bottle. That is deep, I love all your poems, mostly I love when you surprise the readers with a different touch. HUGS... LINDA